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Thursday, September 08, 2011

Inspiring Give-away!

When seeking inspiration, I love to look at the work of other art quilters. I am amazed by what artists have created with fabric and stitching. It really is a wide-open, masterful, exciting part of the world of fine art.

This new book is a perfect example!
Masters: Art Quilts, Vol. 2 is published by Lark and edited by Martha Sielman who is Executive Direction of SAQA. A couple of months ago, Martha and I had a great conversation about publishing books about art quilting with Lark. (They also published our book Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge.) I know Martha is eager for everyone to enjoy the works of the 40 artists profiled in the book. Here's your chance!

I'm privileged to give away a copy through the massive blog-hop give-away sponsored by Lark. Check out the full list here. It's almost over... just one more day. (Brenda will offer a book on her blog tomorrow.)

Just leave a comment on this post and tell me who your favorite art quilt "master" is. I'll leave comments open for one week and draw a winning name at random on Sept 15.

42 comments:

Difficult to say who my favourite quilt master is. But I believe that Jane Dunnewold is featured in the book and I very much like her work, especially the piece Visual Poetry I featured on her blog.I am drawn to the more abstract quilts than the realistic ones, although there are many amazing realistic quilt artists out there. Marilyn Belford springs to mind who makes wonderful portraits and shares her knowledge freely at Quilt University

I don't know who is in the book that could be my new favourite. From the last book, it's hard to pick just one. If I were patriotic, I would pick Pam Allen. I love her work. I also love the work of Susan Shie and admire her for all the work she does while being legally blind

I'm still rather new to the area of "art quilts" but have found my way through the works of many great fiber artists. Jane Dunnewold first inspired me to look further into this kind of creating, especially surface design. And I continue to be drawn in by Wen Redmond's work. I find I am most excited by how the definition of what a quilt "is" is ever-evolving, opening up even more avenues for expressions. I hope I win this book! Imagine the daily doses of inspiration as I go about creating my own fabric expressions and art quilts. :-)

My favorite art quilt master is the quilting rockstar, Pamela Allen. I admire her techniques and her sense of humor, but mostly, her artistic sense, which allows her to easily tweak and critique her students' work.

Hard for me to pick just one--I first noticed Michael James and love his recent digital transition. I love the blockiness :) of Nancy Crow. Follow that with Caryl Fallert and Jane Sassaman. I love their design work. Recently I have added Rosalie Dace to my all time high list. What's a girl to do.Thanks for the opp to win the book.Maybe a few new favs will be added to the list.

Only one?Tim Harding- on the cover of new bookMardal & HougsErika CarterVelda Newmanall the 12'sSusan ShieJudith Content...to name a few, and what a varied bunch I have named!Would love to win the book and find a few more favorites!

First of all I would mention the german quilter Pascale Goldenberg, her work was my first inspiriation and from her I've learned a lot. And I really adore the work of Kathleen Loomis.Thanks for this opportunity, would love to win the book!

There are so many wonderful quilt artists and I could pick different ones depending on my frame of mind. A few that I greatly admire are Nancy Crow, Carol Taylor and Janet Steadman. Thank you for the give-away!

It all depends on the day, really. I love noriko endo's work. But after looking through the featured artists a second time, I was struck by Tim Harding. But then, tomorrow I will like another one - and so it goes. They are all masters.

I don't know which masters were chosen for the book, but right now I've been following Anne Brauer, who is very talented and learning about confetti naturescapes by Noreko Endo. I would love to have a copy of the book to learn about more masters.

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